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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India and Cuba sign MoU for enhanced cooperation in the health sector
India and Cuba signed a Memorandum of Understanding  for enhanced cooperation in the health sector, here today. Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Dr Roberto Tomas Morales Ojeda, Public Health Minister of Cuba signed the MoU in the presence of senior officers from the Health Ministry and a high level delegation from Cuba.
Terming it historic, Shri J P Nadda stated that the relations between Cuba and India are historical and based on shared values of equality and justice, common aspirations and convergence of interests on global issues.
Shri Nadda further stated that the MOU on cooperation in the field of health and medicine between India and Cuba is important for exchanges in the health sector and to develop institutional framework for cooperation in the health sector between the two countries. “One potential area is pharmaceutical and biotechnology. Cuba has made remarkable strides in the field of bio-technology and pharmaceuticals. We need to encourage greater institutional collaborations for joint production of medicines on commercial basis,” Shri Nadda elaborated. He also suggested that a Joint Working Group be formed for implementation of the MoU.
The objective of this MoU is to establish comprehensive inter-ministerial and inter-institutional cooperation between the two countries in the field of health by pooling technical, scientific, financial and human resources with the ultimate goal of upgrading the quality and reach of human, material and infrastructural resources involved in health care, medical education & training, and research in both countries.
The main areas of cooperation include:
· Exchange & training of medical doctors, officials, other health professionals and experts
· Assistance in development of human resources, health services and setting up of health care facilities
· Short term training of human resources in health
· Regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and exchange of information;
· Promotion of business development opportunities in pharmaceuticals and others identified by parties
· Procurement of generic and essential drugs and assistance in sourcing of
· drug supplies;
· Procurement of health equipment and pharmaceutical products;
· Any other area of cooperation as may be mutually decided upon.
· Procurement of health equipment and pharmaceutical products;
· Collaboration in the prevention of NCDs of mutual interest, such as neurocardiovascular diseases, cancer, COPDs, mental health and dementia, with an emphasis on SDG3 and related factors;
· Collaboration in the field of climate change impact on communicable diseases and vector borne diseases;
· Nutritional aspects of food intake, including malnutrition  in the light of the SDG2 and organization of nutritional services;
· Safety of production, transformation, distribution and food delivery;
· Research and training of food industry operators;
· Information and communication to citizens on hygiene and food safety and healthy eating habits; and
· Any other area of cooperation as may be mutually decided upon.
Ministry of Finance
NEW LEGISLATION TO REPLACE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES ACT
WORLD-CLASS FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES IN GIFT CITY TO OFFER COURSES, LARGELY FREE FROM DOMESTIC REGULATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE TO BE SET UP IN GIFT CITY
GIFT CITY TO FACILITATE SERVICES FOR GLOBAL CAPITAL FOR SUSTAINABLE & CLIMATE FINANCE IN THE COUNTRY
“The Special Economic Zones Act will be replaced with a new legislation that will enable the states to become partners in Development of Enterprise and Service Hubs”, said the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget for 2022-23, in Parliament today. She added that this would cover all large existing and new industrial enclaves to optimally utilize available infrastructure and enhance competitiveness of exports.
She also proposed various initiatives to make GIFT City more attractive.
GIFT-IFSC
The Finance Minister proposed that World-class foreign universities and institutions would be allowed in the GIFT City to offer courses in Financial Management, FinTech, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics free from domestic regulations, except those by IFSCA to facilitate availability of high-end human resources for financial services and technology.
Smt. Sitharaman also proposed an International Arbitration Centre which would be set up in the GIFT City for timely settlement of disputes under international jurisprudence. Further, she said that services for global capital for sustainable & climate finance in the country would be facilitated in the GIFT City.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
FDI inflows in food processing sector increase from USD 628.24 Million in 2018-19 to USD 904.7 Million in 2019-20
The Government has put in place a liberal and transparent policy for attracting Foreign Direct Investment , wherein most of the sectors are open to FDI under the automatic route. The intent is to make the FDI policy more investor friendly and remove the policy bottlenecks that have been hindering the investment inflows into the country. 100% FDI is permitted under the automatic route in the food-processing sector.
The reforms and policy measures initiated by the Government had a positive impacton FDI inflows into the country. As per the World Investment Report 2020 of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development , India’s position among top economies attracting FDI inflows has improved to 9th position in 2019 from 12th in 2018. India registered its highest ever FDI inflows of USD 74.39 billion  during 2019-20. Even during the Covid pandemic between April and November, 2020, total FDI inflows of USD 58.37 billion has been received. The FDI inflows in the food processing sector also increased from USD 628.24 Million in 2018-19 to USD 904.7 Million in 2019-20.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries has also set up a dedicated Investment Facilitation Cell with Invest India to facilitate all investment interests received in the food processing sector. The Cell handholds investors throughout the investment phases in a structured manner by providing relevant sectoral & sub-sectoral information, assisting with regulatory requirements, location assessment, applicable policies and schemes etc.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Shri RameswarTeli in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Territorial Army Symphony Band enthrals spectators at India Gate
Territorial Army Symphony Band enthrals spectators and tourists at India Gate with melodious and scintillating tunes on 13 and 14 October 2018.
Military bands have always been synonymous with exemplary discipline, impeccable attires and exquisite music. The Territorial Army Symphony was raised in 2009, with band members selected from various Territorial Army units from all regions of India and collectively given training in various musical instruments. At present, the symphony band consists of more than 40 musicians playing Brass, Strings and Indian classical instruments. This symphony band is a representation of 'Unity in Diversity' which is the essence of 'Territorial Army' also popularly known as the 'Citizens' Army'.
As part of the Territorial Army 69th Raising Day which is celebrated on October 09, 2018, the Territorial Army symphony band played at the iconic India Gate on October 13 and 14, 2018. The event was organised showcasing the rich tradition of the Territorial Army, through variety of melodious tunes from contemporary to traditional music. The fusion of Indian traditional with western music enthralled the crowd which congregated in large numbers drawn by the scintillating performance of the band.
The harmonious music at the backdrop of the monumental India Gate watched by thousands of enthralled music lovers added a patriotic fervour to the entire event and was a fitting tribute to the memories of all the gallant soldiers who sacrificed with their lives to safeguard this great Nation.
Ministry of Finance
Credit Outreach programme in all districts to be held by all Public Sector Banks as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav tomorrow
Massive Credit Outreach programme is being held by all Public Sector Banks as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav  tomorrow, 8th June,2022. All districts of the country are prepared to entertain customers and public at large with their queries on credit facility and on enrolment in various government schemes. These district level programmes are being coordinated by all Public Sector Banks and State Level Bankers Committees .
The programmes are curated as part of the iconic week celebration of the Ministry of Finance  under AKAM during 6-12 June 2022. The first day of the week was graced by Hon’ble Prime Minister at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
These District level programmes are intended to take the AKAM celebration to all parts of the country with maximum participation of staff and customers and public at large. All SLBCs have been addressed to conduct programmes of Credit Outreach, enrolment in Jan Suraksha Schemes of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradahan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana  and Atal Pension Yojana , customer awareness and financial literacy and of suitably recognising the good work done by the branches, BCs etc.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Online Abuse and Stalking of Women
Incidents of misuse of social media to commit cyber crimes including online abuse and stalking of women are reported. “Police” and “Public Order” are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of citizens rests primarily with the respective State Government/ Union Territory. The State Governments/ Union Territories are competent to deal with cases of misuse of social media to commit cyber crimes.
Ministry of Home Affairs is implementing a scheme namely Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children  under which an online cybercrime reporting portal,  has been launched in September, 2018 to enable public to report complaints pertaining to Child
Pornography/Child Sexual Abuse Material, rape/gang rape imageries or sexually explicit content. The Portal facilitates the States/UTs to view complaints of cyber crime online and take appropriate action. Since inception of the portal, more than 16000 complaints, including other cyber crimes, have been received through this Portal, till 15.06.2019 for action by the States/ UTs concerned. Steps have also been taken to spread awareness, issue of alerts/advisories, training of law enforcement agencies, improving cyber forensics facilities, etc. These steps help to prevent such cases and speed up investigation.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issues Draft Notification to exempt Battery Operated Vehicles from paying registration fees
In order to give a boost to Battery-Operated or Electric Vehicles in the country, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has initiated steps for providing for differential registration fees under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989. For this, the Ministry has issued a draft notification dated 18th June 2019 vide Gsr 430 , to amend Rule 81 of CMVR. The amendment proposes to exempt Battery Operated Vehicles from payment of fees for the purpose of issue or renewal of registration certificate and assignment of new registration mark.This means that Electric Vehicles would be exempted from such registration charges.
The draft has been issued for receiving comments and suggestions from stakeholders.
Ministry of Law and Justice
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
In exercise of the power conferred by clause  of Article 217, clause  of Article 224 and by clause  of 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Judges/Additional Judges and also order transfer of High Court Judges as follows:-
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Shailendra Singh, Judicial Officer
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Arun Kumar Jha, Judicial Officer
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Wasim Sadiq Nargal, Advocate
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Murali Purushothaman, Additional Judge
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Ziyad Rahman Alevakkatt Abdul Rahiman, Additional Judge
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Chitta Ranjan Dash, Judge, Orissa High Court
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Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Judge, Andhra Pradesh HC
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Subhasis Talaptra, Judge, Tripura High Court
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Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Judge, High Court of J&K and Ladakh
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Ministry of Earth Sciences
Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant announces India International Science Festival 2021 Open
Five Thousand Students of Goa will create Guinness Book of World Records
The IISF 2021 is being held in Goa from December 10 to 13, 2021
Goa | November 16, 2021
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today declared India International Science Festival 2021 open at a curtain raiser event held in Panaji. The seventh edition of the IISF 2021 is being held in Goa from December 10 to 13, 2021. The Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology and Vijnana Bharati along with Government of Goa are the organizers of IISF 2021. The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research  of the Ministry of Earth Sciences is the nodal agency to organize the IISF 2021.
Chief Minister expressed happiness that the Festival is being organized in the state. The Teachers and students from the state will benefit immensely, he said. The festival will help to inculcate the scientific temper among the masses and inspire the young minds and indulge in the research and innovations in the field of Science and Technology, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said further.
In the IISF 2021 Five thousand students of Goa will create three Guinness Book of the World Record in the field of Rain water harvesting. 7,000 students will showcase and participate in the event about conservation of water. Students from Goa will witness the world's largest telescope in the festival. As the Department of Space is launching ‘Gaganyan’ , participating students will make a scale model.
The theme of IISF 2021 is 'Celebrating Creativity in Science'. The festival will have 12 programmes including the mega science and technology expo. As the nation is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav’ all the programmes have been categorized accordingly.
Last Year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic the festival was arranged on a virtual platform. This year, the festival will be held in hybrid form from December 10 to 13. More than 15,000 delegates and 500 experts across the globe are going to be part of the festival. 25% delegates will participate through physical mode and 75% delegates and experts to participate through virtual platforms. More than 2,000 traditional artisans will participate and showcase their creativity and discuss the role of science. IISF 2021 will also showcase the state of art technology through augmented reality as well as virtual reality.
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Ministry of Defence
INDIA-CHINA BORDER SITUATION
Indian and Chinese officials continue to remain engaged through the established military and diplomatic channels to address the current situation in the India-China border areas. At this stage, therefore, any speculative and unsubstantiated reporting about these engagements would not be helpful and the media is advised to refrain from such reporting.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government has initiated digitalization of the services for the Seafarers:Union Minister Shripad Naik
‘Agnipath’ scheme opens up new avenues of employment, Indian Navy, Directorate of Shipping will facilitate ‘Agniveers’ to join the Merchant Navy
Seafarers Day celebrated by Goa Seamen Association of India
Goa | June 25, 2022
Union Minister of State for Tourism and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Naik today attended and addressed the Seafarers Day. Goa Seamen Association of India today celebrated Seafarers Day at Margao. Commissioner for NRI Affairs Shri Narendra Sawaikar was present on this occasion.
Addressing the seafarers, Union Minister Shripad Naik said, Government has initiated various policies for the welfare of seafarers in the last few years and a lot more needs to be done in the future.
The minister said,“In order to promote ‘Ease of Doing Business’,all the processes related to seafarers has been made online. To bring in transparency and accountability, the Directorate of General Shipping implemented the digitalization of the services like Biometric Seafarers Identity Document, issuing the certificates, rating automatic issuance of watch keeping certificate, permission of multimodal transport operator, recruitment and placement agency.”
India becomes the first country to issue Biometric Seafarers Identity Document. So far more than 1 lakh 95 thousand BSID cards have been issued to Indian seafarers. DG Shipping will complete Issuing of remaining 3 lakh 87 thousand cards soon.
‘Agnipath’ is a new defence recruitment model that allows youth to serve for the defence forces said the minister and further added that the Indian Navy and DG Shipping will facilitate ‘Agniveers’ to join the Merchant Navy in various capacities after completing four years and MoU in this regards are already signed . Union Minister appealed to youths to take more and more benefits of the scheme.
He added that financial assistance ranging from Rs. 10,000 to 2 lakh is being provided through these schemes which helped not only to seafarers but also to their families through scemes like
Survival Benefit Scheme, Invalidity Benefit Scheme, and Maternity Benefit Scheme for the female seafarers, Old Age Benefit Scheme.
In addition to these schemes, monthly subscription based provident fund for the seafarers is also available . Financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to family of Indian Seafarer who lost life due to Covid-19 and reimbursement of medical expenses upto Rs. 1 lakh for the Covid-19 treatment was also launched earlier.
Union Minister lauded the services of the seafarers during Covid-19 pandemic as Seafarers provided essential services.
Prime Minister's Office
The next time you think of raising a pet dog, consider bringing home an Indian breed, says PM in Mann ki Baat
In the latest address of Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi talked about Sophie and Vida, the dogs of the Indian Army who have been awarded the Chief of Army Staff 'Commendation Cards'. He said that armed forces and security forces have many such brave dogs who have played a very important role in thwarting numerous bomb blasts and terrorist conspiracies. He gave several other examples helping sniff out ammunition and IED, and also mentioned the Beed Police who recently gave their canine colleague Rocky, who had helped the police in solving over 300 cases, a final farewell with all due respect.
Discussing the Indian breed of dogs, Prime Minister said they cost less to raise and are better adapted to the Indian environment and surroundings and said that our security agencies are also inducting these Indian breed dogs as part of their security squad. Research on the Indian breed dogs is also being done by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research with the aim to make them better and more beneficial, he noted. He exhorted the listeners, who are planning to raise a pet dog, to adopt one of Indian breed.
Ministry of Defence
IMPORT AND EXPORT OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
As per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, India’s military expenditure for the year 2020 and 2021 is as under:

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The increase in defence spending in the year 2021 over 2020 is attributable to the requirement of funds projected by the Services and the availability of resources with the Government.
Details of import and export of defence equipment during the last three years are as under:
- Major Export: Coastal Surveillance System, Light Weight Torpedo, DO-228 Aircraft, Aircraft Towing Tractor, Weapon Locating Radar, Fast Patrol Vessel  ‘SCGS Zoroaster’, Equipment 120mm Mortar Bomb 120 mm HE, Motor Grader BG605l and Bulldozer 65-1 and Spares, Fire Control System, Armoured Protection Vehicle, Diesel 6x6 Base Vehicle, Mine protected Ambulance Vehicle, High Speed Guard Boat, Armoured Light Specialist Vehicle , Mine Protected Vehicle Right Hand Drive 4x4, 7.62x51mm Sniper Rifle & 0.338 Lapua Magnum Sniper Rifle, Simulator etc.
- Major Import: Jammer, Radar, Doppler Radar, THeMIS UGV, LOITERING MUNITIONS SYSTEM, UAV, NIGHT VISION IMAGING SYSTEM, Armoured Vehicle, Airport Surveillance Radars , CLOSE-IN WEAPON SYSTEM, C-Block-Jamming System, 7.62x51mm ARSENAL Machine Gun, Ground Support Missile Test Equipment etc.
Department of Defence Production , Ministry of Defence grants import licence to provide companies for import of items covered under 69 ITC Codes under the powers delegated by DGFT to DDP.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Dibyendu Adhikari in Lok Sabha today.
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Prime Minister's Office
I’ve been fortunate to have interacted closely with Dr. Kalam over the years: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today shared moments of his association with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary.
Replying to a tweet by Modi Story where Dr Kalam’s grand nephew shared memories of Dr.Kalam’s endearing bond with Narendra Modi and PM’s efforts to honour his legacy , the Prime Minister tweeted:
“I’ve been fortunate to have interacted closely with Dr. Kalam over the years. I have witnessed at close quarters his brilliance, humility and passion towards India’s progress.”
Ministry of Textiles
Cabinet approves Scheme to Rebate State and Central Embedded Taxes to Support the Textile Sector
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Scheme to Rebate State and Central Embedded Taxes to Support the Textile Sector. This will enable the Government to take various measures for making exports of apparel and made-ups zero rated.
Details:
At present, apparel and made-ups segments are supported under the Scheme for Rebate of State Levies . However, certain State as well as Central Taxes continued to be present in the cost of exports. The Cabinet decision provides for a scheme to rebate all embedded State and Central Taxes/levies for apparel and made-ups which have a combined share of around 56% in India’s textile export basket. Rebate of taxes/levies has been permitted through an IT-driven scrip system at notified rates.
Benefits:
The proposed measures are expected to make the textile sector competitive. Rebate of all Embedded State and Central taxes/levies for apparel and made-ups segments would make exports zero-rated, thereby boosting India’s competitiveness in export markets and ensure equitable and inclusive growth of textile and apparel sector.